Latest News Joey Jordison, former Slipknot drummer and co-founder, dies at age 46 Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp Announces The First EVER Women Only Camp Sheila E. is Crowned First Female Winner of the Modern Drummer Readers Poll Hall of Fame Calling all Beatles Fans! The wait is over! Janet D’Addario, Co-Founder of D’Addario & Company Dies at age 72 Matt Zebroski – Alex Skolnick Trio Drummer – Interview 6/14/21 Charlie Benante – “Silver Linings” Album Review 5/23/21 Producer Matty Amendola Records A Song With Universal Audio Latest, Music News, By Music Connection Magazine Features On The Cover Current Issue New York Jazzer Jimmy Macbride Interview by Ilya Stemkovsky | Photo by Yuki Tei Drum Wisdom: Jim Mola Article by by Keith Carne | Photos by John Fell Russ Kunkel – The Song Server Article by Jeff Potter | Photo by Joel Bernstein Foreigner’s Dennis Elliott by Robin Tolleson Peter Criss on Peter Criss by Billy Amendola Rick Marotta by Billy Amendola Heart’s Michael Derosier by Patrick Berkery What You Need to Know About Bass Drum Heads by Michael Dawson Podcast Episode 43: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Sheila E. The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 42: Narada Michael Walden & Dennis Chambers Episode 41: Celebrating Ringo Starr’s 81st Birthday. #Peace and Love The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 40: Narada Michael Walden & Cindy Blackman Santana The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 39: David Frangioni with Nandi Bushell The Modern Drummer Podcast #ThrowBackThursday! David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Rick Astley The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 37: Narada Michael Walden & Aubrey Dayle The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 36: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Mark Schulman Magazine Education Off The Record Blake Richardson on Between the Buried and Me’s Automata, Part 1 by Willie Rose Play It Now Must-Know Grooves – Disco, a Drumming Staple of the 1970s by Jim Riley Rock 'n' Jazz Clinic Five-Note Phrasing – Part 2: Adding More Tension and Release by Marc Dicciani Rock Perspectives Introduction to Polyrhythms by Aaron Edgar Concepts Do I Need a Fallback Plan? by Russ Miller Magazine Reviews & Gear Turkish Cymbals Lale Kardeş Signature Series Van Kleef – Ageless Collection 4.5×14 Snare Keith McMillen Instruments – BopPad Techra – XCarb Drumsticks Gearing Up - Dashboard Confessional’s Ben Homola New and Notable - New Drum Gear From Tama, Remo, SJC Custom Drums, apulSoft, U.S. Drum Supply, Basal, and Vater! Modern Drummer Featured Products Modern Drummer Legends Vol. 2 - Alex Van Halen Book Bundle | $0 Modern Drummer Legends Vol. 1 - Neil Peart Book Bundle | $0 All Access Subscription | $119.88 Magazine Columns An Editor's Overview A Year in Transition by Michael Dawson Readers' Platform What’s Your Favorite 1970s Jazz or Fusion Drumming Album? Out Now Dafnis Prieto on the Dafnis Prieto Big Band’s Back to the Sunset Article by Willie Rose | Photo by Henry Lopez On Tour Diego Arcaute with Juana Molina Article by Adam Budofsky | Photo by Mariko Miura Critique Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Mike Mangini with Into the Great Divide, Legend of the Seagullmen with Danny Carey, and more In Memoriam Ben Riley, Pat Torpey and Z’EV Backbeats 2017 Sydney Vintage and Custom Drum Expo Story by Bob Campbell | Photos by Michael Zaluzny Kit of the Month Bubinga Behemoth
